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The Golden Age

by Great North

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davekillcountysmith Once more my ears are full of that alt-country sound that brought us that debut ep. And once more, my heart is filled with love. The song-writing has never been in question. And when the musical style sits more pleasingly over my ears, there really is nothing better in life than a Great North album. And that harmonica! Early Ryan Adams was a rare genius with a mouth organ. Not so rare anymore. Hallelujah, indeed! Favorite track: Good Company.
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1.
We’d drink straight from the bottle And we’d try to drive Faster than our heads could go We always said that nothing could slow us down We were young What did we know? We were just acting tough On TV shows they were kissing Talking no regrets On movie screens they were living large They’ve got nothing on us, forever tumbling hand in hand Through the air Under a sea of stars Looks like we’re taking off Hear the cheering from the crowd It was going to be us against the world Someone's switching on the lights Looks like an engine catching fire This first one is dedicated to all the things we never did Looks like we're taking off
2.
Better Days 03:19
Dressed up as bad poetry Beautiful idiots We snuck out into the summer night Feeling alive as little kids But when I think of you I think of you young and careless as you were then Licking gin off your lips Leaning in and whispering Here’s to better days Here’s to better days Haven’t had too many of late But here’s to better days Rock songs on the radio Grease staining your hair It wasn’t easy Carrying all of your concealed plans But when I think of you I think there’s still really nothing that I would change We were never any better than Any of our best mistakes Here’s to better days Here’s to better days Haven’t had too many of late But here’s to better days One day you’ll reach out Across a universe of grace Here’s to better days Here’s to better days Haven’t had too many of late But here’s to better days
3.
Gasoline 02:11
We drove for the city Sunlight in our hair You must have shone a million miles We were making faces Laughing at everything Talking to the radio I was just a child Grabbing at the wind Never knew what I had Heaven for a sinner Fire and gasoline You must have shone a million miles You must have shone a million miles You must have shone
4.
I don't blame it on you Life's shorter than I ever thought it would be And I keep paying my taxes to the good old days Hot feelings Strange delusions They dragged you by the scruff of your neck Into the golden age And I wanted you to stay Pretty lady Almost a stranger You put your hand into my hand It felt like I was breathing in Now we got what we wanted And it just keeps us from wonder We stand high up on the balcony Complain about the golden age And I wanted you to stay We used to listen to our drainpipes running The song on our lips Wasn't even worth humming to You told me you weren't scared of being nothing It’s just a place where you can hide You come to me now Dressed as yesterday's party Friday night lips And a Tuesday tie in your hair Ask me if you can come in You need a place where you can hide And I wanted you to stay And I wanted things to stay the same And I wanted you to stay the same And I wanted you to stay
5.
Remember how we used to listen to Dancing in the Dark Throw our high beams out over the rows of parked cars We drank our share of supermarket wine Always reaching for some perilous high You know I've changed a lot since the first time we kissed There’s things about us I know will never get fixed I could run until the road runs out But I’m sticking right here with you for now I would talk about Jesus Christ How he turned me round like water into wine You told me last night I was talking in my sleep Tried to tell you that I love you And I’m sorry I used to wail at the worst of the liars Now I know that’s just how most people are There’s coal burning in everyone’s mind There’s gold glowing in everyone’s eyes But I’ve been down in this bar for too long Getting too drunk Speaking too slow To get home in time Turn the TV on Put my arm around you Tell you I’m never going to go
6.
Good Company 03:18
I keep on remembering This disappearing dream Of you and I Both children Brimming with belief That we were heading for a place Nobody’s ever seen Though the road is long and winding I will be good company Now I’m feeling like the whalers Waving to their families Casting off the shoreline For the unforgiving sea Where everybody’s searching For a place they’ve never been If you find it Take me with you I will be good company
7.
I’ll leave a light on Lay your stuff out on the bed Think of all the days I thought I could forget And all the plans we made For things we never did I’ll leave a light on Were you ever living here? Another ten dollar show Playing for the other bands We sang the hits Drank the drinks And packed the van You tipped your hat Walked out, whisky in your hand And we kept on driving We were really living then How’d the good times Turn into regrets? When no-one’s talking They keep calling out from the dead You wasted so much time
8.
Hallelujah for the losers Begging for a break And for all the common angels With nothing big to say This one goes out to the ladies Sipping on Earl Grey This one goes out to the fellas Making dumb mistakes Can you hear it, it's the kingdom Swaying like a drunk Out in the street with all the pilgrims Laughing at its joke Hallelujah Hallelujah for you sinners Sitting down to pray Trying to find your way back To your better yesterdays And this one goes out to the lonely Driving through the rain Past the golden arches Along the motorway Hope I'll see you by the morning Hope I'll see you when you wake When your words will sound like mercy And your smile will look like grace Hallelujah
9.
I don't know why I'm so scared of dying That I hold my chest to feel the thud And I turn on the radio when I'm driving So I don't have to listen to the dark The band is playing me a sad song About what it means to be in love And I keep on listening till it ends up In some slow resolving chord I'll be with you When the wheels have stopped turning And the lions are laying with the lambs And we start making some strange kind of redemption Out of all the things we had I look back and you are golden And you’re glowing Bright as headlights through the fog And I can see the sun kissing the skyline Looks like an engine starting up I'll be with you When the mansions are all burning And their walls have all been knocked down And all my judges are jumping off of bridges Planting flowers in the ground I'll be with you Where there's no more fear of falling And the saints are caught up in the air And this long and lonely road between us Is finally repaired
10.
Take me back To when we caught the late bus home In the Wellington wind After they cleared the bars You were tipping your hat To the other passengers It felt like you and I Would gladly take on anyone But the years ran fast And the days went slow No-one ever played our singles on the radio You said fuck ‘em We'll just sing our way from show to show And if we stick together Then we can’t be stopped I still hear you when I talk to God He takes the singers But he saves their songs To keep swirling with him Underneath the morning sky Swaying to the beat Slurring bye bye bye I don’t have much left To say to you, friend When I think about it now I guess I never did You were always aching for the open road And if you love someone You’ve got to let them go Didn’t know we had to hold on Till you let us go
11.
We were so worn out When we finally left the road It was a shitty kinda gig But we sure put on a show And we didn't reach our destination But at least we didn't stop So 1, 2, 3 Here we go Waiting for the Pentecost We made an art of failing Our failures became stars Lighting the way back To our half-remembered hearts Where we are rocking for the losers We are rolling for the drunks Too undignified to exit Waiting Got low Got up Got low Get up The van is pulling up We are staring through the fog Trying to remember An old hallelujah song We may never get back Everything we lost Keep singing till the chorus Waiting for the Pentecost

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released October 20, 2017

Produced by Jonathan Pearce and Hayden Donnell
Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Pearce
Mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering

Art and design by Rob Turvey
Original cover photo by Greta Van Der Star

Hayden Donnell: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ, Harmonica, Electric Guitar, Trumpet
Rachel Donnell: Vocals, Bass
Jonathan Pearce: Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
Matthew Hutching: Pedal Steel
Alex Freer: Drums, Percussion
Dale Campbell: Vocals
Elizabeth Stokes: Brass
Eamon Edmundson-Wells: Bass

Choir: Reb Fountain, Dylan Storey, Brendan Turner, Alison Turner, Rachel Donnell, Hayden Donnell

All songs by Hayden Donnell
© Great North, 2017.

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